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Association of the mt-ND2 5178A/C polymorphism with Parkinson's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 5 Feb 2015
Gusdon Aaron M, Fang Fang, Chen Jing, Mathews Clayton E, Li Wang, Chu Charleen T, Ding Jian-Qing, Chen Sheng-di
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondria play an important role in the etiology of Parkinson's disease (PD). While mutations in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have been shown to accumulate in PD, no specific mtDNA polymorphisms have been associated with susceptibility or resistance to PD. A cytosine to adenine transversion a...
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